Italian physicist won worldwide attention in 2012 for her leading role in Cerns discovery of Higgs boson particle
The Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti has been chosen to lead the Cern particle physics research centre, the first woman to be put in charge of a top global scientific institution in the field.
Gianotti, who attracted worldwide attention in 2012 for her leading role in Cerns discovery of the Higgs boson particle, will take up the post in January 2016 as scientists aim to make further discoveries about the origin and makeup of the universe.
